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2nd Annual IT Security and Operations SurveyEnterprises Re-Engineer Security in the Age of Digital Transformation

From BMC and Forbes Insights

Digital transformation initiatives are forcing organizations to rethink their cybersecurity strategies. BMC and Forbes Insights conducted a security survey among more than 300 C-level executives around the globe to examine today’s biggest cybersecurity threats and new security models being pursued to fill the gaps.

We found that security transformation doesn’t just impact the technology choices enterprises make to ward off cyber-thieves. It’s also causing them to rethink how they organize internal stakeholders, assess risk, and prioritize future investments. In short, firms are rewriting their cybersecurity playbooks. With renewed attention to technology, people, and investment priorities, enterprises can craft their security roadmaps to safeguard their businesses in the years ahead.

Key Survey Results

Say accountability for security breaches has increased for Operations teams

47%

Have increased responsibility for Operations to ensure remediation is applied within established SLAs

64%

Prioritize protecting against and responding to known security threats over other tactics

82%

Plan to invest more in security in the next 12 months

A sample from the industry experts included in the report

"Today we have distributed workloads, distributed office environments, employees who are distributed, devices that are distributed. As a result, data is constantly flowing in and out of organizations, which in turn means enterprises must protect data wherever it is at any time."

Sean PikeProgram Vice President, Security Products Group, IDC

"In the recent past, security was something that you addressed after the fact. In the new world of today, security is something we have to build in from the start. It becomes the fabric of what we do, not an isolated activity."